I adopted my Pit from an animal shelter when he was somewhere between 1 and 2 yrs. If anyone had told me I would adopt a Pit I would have said they were crazy. The shelter he came from spends a lot of time evaluating their animals for behavior problems. Long story short, he is the most loving and affectionate dog I've ever owned. He literally loves everyone. After he came to live with me I started doing research because my personal experience was so out of sinc with their press. Well according to statistics the Pit breed is no where near the top in dog bite instances. I always watch and supervise all my dogs when new or small humans come to visit, I never want to be responsible for damage done to any person. To repeat an often said statement, 99% of the time its not the breed its the human.